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== Reference to abortion? ==

"Jack and Diane" is implicitly critical of sex by teenagers.  It seems unlikely given Mellencamp's background and repeated references to Jesus and the [[Bible]] in his songs that he would have an implicit reference to [[abortion]] in one.  But some infer a reference to [[abortion]] in "Jack and Diane" ("we ought to run off to the city"), while others interpret that in a more straightforward way of getting a job in the city.<ref>https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/11958/</ref>